Strommenger, EvaPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham2020-02-062020-02-061964WA-30http://hdl.handle.net/1885/201409Top : Marble (shell?) seal, 3.4 cm high (Berlin)bull-man holding bulls, left-hand one attacked by a lion which typically intercrosses anothera naked hero is fighting with the lattertwo secondary scenes at side - hero fighting lion (above), lion, goat and plants (below). Second row : Fara, white marble, 3 cm high (Berlin)a bull-man, whose body ends in the hindparts of 2 lions, a ligature typical of Masilim period. Bside him a man lifts two goats by their hindlegs, the one on left attacked by a lion. Third row : Petrified shell, 3 cm high, Pierpont Morgan Libraryligature similar to abovelower parts of lions overlaptheir tails, which the curly-headed "hero" holds up in his hands, end in snakes' heads. Bottom row : Aragonite, 4.2 cm highto the right, a bull-man holding 2 lionsin middle, a bearded hero seizing 2 bullshis curls are stylised to a spoon-like struggling with a liona goat, the head of a goat and eagles are scattered in between them.35mmslideb&wen-AUMesopotamia : Eridu-'Ubaid period, Early Sumerian period, Fara-Ur I period, Imperial Akkadian periodsealsstonebook scan2020-02-06This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.